Final number of papers included in the systematic review: 68 (see the full PRISMA diagram in the main paper.).
Some of these studies did not provide patient numbers split for their LMIC and HIC participants.
| description | n_studies | n_patients |
|---|---|---|
| lmic_separated | 62 | 708032 |
| lmic_hic_together | 6 | 86643 |
Range of study sizes in the LMIC separated group:
[1] 335 428346
Number of studies with over 3,000 LMIC patients:
| n > 3000 | nn |
|---|---|
| FALSE | 37 |
| TRUE | 25 |
5 largest studies:
| n | countries | study_design |
|---|---|---|
| 428346 | Brazil | Registry |
| 34325 | Thailand | Database |
| 32040 | China | Registry |
| 27743 | Zambia (3549), Malawi (24194) | Cohort (multiple countries) |
| 16882 | Brazil | Cohort (single centre) |
Studies where country-specific n patients was not separated/given:
| study_id |
|---|
| frajzyngier_et_al-2012 |
| moreno_et_al-2015 |
| nagoshi_et_al-2016 |
| garcia_et_al-2016 |
| globalsurg_collaborative-2016 |
| acaroglu_et_al-2017 |
| globalsurg_collaborative-2018 |
71 LMIC countries have taken part in Surgical Big Data Studies.